Reply #46: Yes, of course. It's a BAAAAAD option.

[krkaufman]

I wholly agree with the concept of remapping boundaries and forming a federation of states, if not outright nations. Problems arise, of course, for the minority populations in the newly drawn regions -- and in assignment of oil revenues. A federation of states would minimize the threat to Turkey of an "independent" Kurdistan, and would allow for distribution of oil revenues across all of former Iraq's regions.


> Get our troops the hell out of there. As long as we
> are there, all hatred is directed towards us.

Wholly agree. We need to turn over control and mediation to the UN, and *then* withdraw -- as the UN requests. I'm simply stating that withdrawing without consideration for the consequences would be inhuman. (Or, perhaps more accurately, too human.)